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Friday, July 13, 2012

A new project, one that has been on my ever growingMust make this quilt one day! list for a while; long enough to have found a copy of the book in which the quilt is featured and page through endlessly:

Japanese Craft Book ISBN4-579-11039-0

Kumiko Fujita Quilts from Quilter's Studio

Kumiko's work, fabric and books are devoured by many patchworkers and quilters. My mind has been preoccupied with this "Butterfly" quilt (as featured on the back cover of the book); collecting Japanese fabrics and text prints over time.

The one thing holding me back was the fact that my book is written entirely in Japanese. Determined to conquer this Butterfly Block I photocopied the draft pattern of the finished block from the book (no templates provided) and started paper piecing each unit. Paper piecing is accurate, but fiddly and time consuming (and messy!).

Once I had paper pieced a few blocks, I deconstructed the pieces and was able to figure out a simple rotary cutting and machine piecing method. Quicker and just as accurate.

Many more blocks are yet to be made, but whilst I am enjoying choosing each fabric, and watching the quilt grow I will continue to happily plod along.

Those blocks are just as sweet as can be! I am loving the black background. I went to find black fabric in my stash yesterday for a costume for my son and I didn't even have a scrap of it! I want to try to put some in a quilt now and make it work as beautifully as yours!

Very pretty! This block is also on my to do list for a while ;-)Maybe someone here also wants to try this tutorial by Mrs. Schmeckman for this block:http://mrsschmenkmanquilts.wordpress.com/butterfly-block-tutorial/

I have this book. I have actually made a butterfly quilt. But I want to make another. I'm interested in what you figured out for rotary cutting. This is a project I've continued to contemplate and think "how can I make this easier with enough exactness"? Love your blog.